North Carolina Shell Club. Auction. Catalog I. 10 November 2018 Preview 9 November 2018

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1 North Carolina Shell Club Auction Catalog I Lot 16 Page 6 10 November 2018 Preview 9 November 2018 Sea Trails Community Building 210 Station Dr. Sunset Beach North Carolina 1

2 A Note on the format of the 2018 Auction Catalog Shell images often appear their best on a black background. Pictures in many books and publications are evidence to this best color selected to showcase shells. However, a drawback to the format is it consumes buckets of expensive ink when one choses to print the catalog for study, reference and note taking at the auction. I am using a white background in order that we might save a little ink. The white pages also make it easier to take notes. In some instances, for example a white shell I employ a black box to as the specimen becomes lost too easily on white. It s the old Polar Bear in a snowstorm effect. In other instances it simply makes sense to utilize a black background. However the majority of the pages remain in white. John Timmerman Lead Auctioneer/Catalog Designer Catalog 1 features shells. Many of the shells in this first edition were donated to the auction by families of deceased club members Peggy Privette, Peggy Wilkerson and Carl and Janet Truckner. Through these generosities we all stand a chance to add some of these shells that graced their parent s cabinets to be added to ours. Look for some very special shells personally collected by club members from the far reaches of the earth s oceans. Register To participate, one must register at the meetings either Friday night or Saturday before the auction begins. You will receive a bidder number and a card to hold up to indicate a bid. Bidding Bidding for most lots will start at $1.00 and progress in $1 increments. Bidders are welcome and encouraged to call out a higher amount or higher increments. For example an opening bidder may bid $50 for a lot they have a particular interest in and continue to bid the lot up in more than $1 increments if/when competitors step up to the challenge. For some lots a reserve may be set. Bidding will begin at that minimum reserve and if there are no bids the lot will be withdrawn from further consideration. 2

3 Lot 1 Atlantic Trumpet Triton Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816) Caribbean, No Data 230 mm Lot 2 Marble Cone (3 shells) Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758 Indo-Pacific no data 78mm; 75 mm; 90mm A classic that never goes out of style! Lot 3 Flame Helmet Cassis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758) Caribbean, No Data 133 mm Lot 4 Common Crown Conch Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) Florida, No data 147 mm This is a monster sized specimen of the species 3

4 Lot 5 The Junonia Lot 6 (5 shells) Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804) Rainbow Abalone or Paua SE USA, no data 108 mm Haliotis iris Martyn, 1784 Bushy Beach, Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand 2/11/ mm Collected and donated by Doug and Nancy Wolfe Lot 7 (6 shells) Lot 8 (5 shells) Virgin Abalone Austral Abalone Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791 Haliotis australis Gmelin, 1791 Bushy Beach, Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand Bushy Beach, Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand 2/11/ mm 2/11/ mm Collected and donated by Doug and Nancy Wolfe Collected and donated by Doug and Nancy Wolfe 4

5 Lot 10 Giant Frog Shell Lot9 (2 shells) Ceramic Vase Vasum ceramicum (Linnaeus, 1758) Left Indo-pacific, no data 110mm Right: Gaum, 8/30/ mm Donated by the Privette & Truckner families Tutufa bubo (Linnaeus, 1758) Central Philippines 129mm Donated by the Truckner family Lot 11 (2 shells) Articulate Harp Lot 12 Harpa articularis Lamarck, 1822 Indo-Pacific/Philippines 81 75mm Princely Cone Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines 110mm Lot 13 Music Volute Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758 Barbados 48mm Lot 14 First Pagoda Shell Columbarium pagoda (Lesson, 1831) Japan 41mm 5

6 Lot 15 Chambered Nautilus (polished) Nautilus pompilius Linaeus, 1758 Philippines 159mm Lot 16 Giant Tun Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) Racoon Key, South Carolina 138mm Lot 18 Lot 17 Bear Paw Clam (Natural & polished) Hippopus hippopus (Linaeus, 1758) S.W. Pacific No data mm Fluted Giant Clam (two pairs) Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819 Indo Pacific no data mm Lot 19 Crocus Giant Clam Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 S.W. Pacific No data 85mm Lot 20 Elongate Giant Clam (two pairs) Tridacna maxima (Roding, 1798) Indo Pacific No data mm 6

7 Lot 21 Giant Spider Conch Lambis truncata (Lightfoot, 1786) Indo Pacific no data 234mm Lot 22 (juvenile & adult) Chiragra Spider Conch Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) E. Indian Ocean to Polynesia No data mm Lot 24 Arthritic Spider Conch Lot 23 Freak Chiragra Spider Conch Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) E. Indian Ocean to Polynesia No data Very strange split and folded finger tips on all digits! Harpargo arthriticus (Roding, 1798) Exmouth, Western Austalia mm Lot 26 Orange-mouth Olive Oliva sericea (Roding, 1798) Indo Pacific No data 81mm Lot 25 Black-spotted Triton Cymatium lotorium (Linnaeus, 1758) Samar, Philippines 120mm 7

8 Lot 27 (two specimens) Panther Cowrie Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786 Red Sea & Gulf of Aden No data 72 65mm Lot 28 Eyed Cowrie Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758 Southwest Pacific No data 76mm Lot 29 (five specimens) Tiger Cowrie Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 Collected at low tide of reef by Thulla Waicula, Yadua Village, Sigatoka, Fiji December mm Donated by Vicky Wall Lot 30 Map Cowrie Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758 Collected at low tide of reef by Thulla Waicula, Yadua Village, Sigatoka, Fiji December mm Donated by Vicky Wall 8